Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations | 333,300 | $19.24 | $40,010 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 57,030 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Sales and related occupations | 36,270 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Production occupations | 32,830 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 29,630 | $9.24 | $19,210 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 26,710 | $14.12 | $29,380 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 20,830 | $24.57 | $51,110 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 19,440 | $33.71 | $70,110 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 13,840 | $27.70 | $57,610 |
| Management occupations | 12,850 | $46.96 | $97,680 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 11,810 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 11,340 | $23.04 | $47,920 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 10,670 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 9,960 | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Retail salespersons | 9,250 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 8,620 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Cashiers | 8,400 | $8.50 | $17,670 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 8,400 | $7.88 | $16,390 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 8,190 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Registered nurses | 7,450 | $28.33 | $58,920 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 7,190 | $31.31 | $65,110 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,900 | $12.35 | $25,690 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 6,330 | $30.53 | $63,490 |
| Protective service occupations | 6,220 | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,990 | $9.14 | $19,020 |
| Customer service representatives | 5,580 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 5,560 | $28.37 | $59,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,220 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,710 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,640 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 4,610 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,520 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Community and social services occupations | 4,200 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,760 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,570 | Not available | $57,940 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 3,360 | $18.87 | $39,240 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,360 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,330 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Team assemblers | 3,330 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| General and operations managers | 3,220 | $49.62 | $103,210 |
| Home health aides | 3,180 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 3,140 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 3,100 | $22.75 | $47,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,030 | Not available | $55,040 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,990 | $17.27 | $35,910 |
| Accountants and auditors | 2,910 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Machinists | 2,870 | $17.29 | $35,950 |
| Telemarketers | 2,580 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,470 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 2,410 | $24.61 | $51,180 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,400 | $29.09 | $60,520 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,390 | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,380 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,270 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,220 | $18.86 | $39,220 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,180 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,080 | $22.96 | $47,750 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,030 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Legal occupations | 1,960 | $34.02 | $70,760 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,900 | Not available | $27,290 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,880 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,830 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,780 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,760 | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Bartenders | 1,710 | $8.61 | $17,920 |
| Electricians | 1,710 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,640 | $8.63 | $17,960 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,620 | $10.48 | $21,800 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,610 | Not available | $56,320 |
| Security guards | 1,610 | $12.23 | $25,450 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,550 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,520 | $17.46 | $36,310 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,480 | $9.64 | $20,040 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,480 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,460 | $8.73 | $18,150 |
| Medical assistants | 1,420 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Construction laborers | 1,400 | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,390 | $10.75 | $22,350 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,340 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,330 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Carpenters | 1,320 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,300 | $20.78 | $43,230 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,250 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,250 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,230 | $91.67 | $190,670 |
| Child care workers | 1,180 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Dishwashers | 1,180 | $8.23 | $17,110 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,180 | $18.48 | $38,430 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,170 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,170 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Tellers | 1,170 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,140 | Not available | $50,140 |
| Fire fighters | 1,110 | $19.92 | $41,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,100 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Management analysts | 1,080 | $38.05 | $79,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,050 | $27.91 | $58,040 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,030 | $13.20 | $27,470 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,020 | $37.85 | $78,740 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,010 | $36.24 | $75,390 |
| Financial managers | 980 | $49.06 | $102,040 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 970 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 970 | $30.11 | $62,620 |
| Printing machine operators | 960 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Industrial engineers | 950 | $37.19 | $77,360 |
| Cost estimators | 940 | $29.74 | $61,850 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 940 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Parts salespersons | 930 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Personal and home care aides | 930 | $8.34 | $17,340 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 920 | $8.32 | $17,310 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 910 | $13.98 | $29,090 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 890 | $35.71 | $74,270 |
| Lawyers | 870 | $50.52 | $105,070 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 860 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Computer systems analysts | 830 | $31.36 | $65,230 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 830 | $16.72 | $34,770 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 830 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 830 | $40.38 | $83,990 |
| Computer programmers | 820 | $32.32 | $67,230 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 820 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 820 | $13.08 | $27,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 820 | $28.03 | $58,300 |
| Chief executives | 810 | $76.60 | $159,320 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 810 | $19.13 | $39,800 |
| Recreation workers | 810 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 800 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 780 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 760 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 750 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 740 | $25.21 | $52,440 |
| Industrial production managers | 730 | $41.01 | $85,300 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 730 | Not available | $53,770 |
| Insurance sales agents | 720 | $33.99 | $70,700 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 720 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Managers, all other | 710 | $46.89 | $97,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 700 | $38.54 | $80,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 690 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 690 | $22.01 | $45,780 |
| Medical and health services managers | 680 | $42.09 | $87,540 |
| Sales managers | 680 | $52.13 | $108,440 |
| Bill and account collectors | 670 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 670 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Legal secretaries | 670 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 670 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 660 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Loan officers | 660 | $29.76 | $61,890 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 660 | $30.70 | $63,860 |
| Graphic designers | 650 | $18.17 | $37,790 |
| Cooks, short order | 630 | $10.03 | $20,850 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 610 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Market research analysts | 600 | $30.91 | $64,280 |
| Training and development specialists | 600 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 570 | $23.49 | $48,860 |
| Pharmacists | 560 | $50.31 | $104,630 |
| Production workers, all other | 560 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 550 | $24.50 | $50,950 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 550 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 550 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| All other information and record clerks | 540 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Dental assistants | 530 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 530 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Crossing guards | 520 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 520 | Not available | $90,940 |
| Social and human service assistants | 520 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 510 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 510 | $29.68 | $61,720 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 510 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Administrative services managers | 500 | $44.07 | $91,660 |
| Database administrators | 500 | $32.12 | $66,800 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 500 | $19.20 | $39,930 |
| Order clerks | 500 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 490 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 490 | $50.15 | $104,310 |
| Tool and die makers | 490 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 480 | $19.62 | $40,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 480 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 470 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Food service managers | 470 | $21.89 | $45,540 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 470 | Not available | $52,390 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 470 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Bus drivers, school | 460 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 460 | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Civil engineers | 450 | $32.86 | $68,350 |
| Electrical engineers | 450 | $31.73 | $66,000 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 450 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Financial analysts | 440 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Librarians | 440 | $25.39 | $52,810 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 440 | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 430 | $35.33 | $73,480 |
| File clerks | 430 | $10.90 | $22,660 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 430 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 420 | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 420 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Public relations specialists | 420 | $22.99 | $47,810 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 420 | $18.40 | $38,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 420 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 410 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 410 | Not available | $61,830 |
| Advertising sales agents | 400 | $22.46 | $46,730 |
| Engineering managers | 400 | $51.38 | $106,880 |
| Dental hygienists | 390 | $29.59 | $61,540 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 390 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 390 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 390 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 380 | Not available | $58,170 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 380 | $14.54 | $30,230 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 380 | $22.45 | $46,690 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 380 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Physical therapists | 380 | $38.35 | $79,770 |
| Computer operators | 370 | $16.49 | $34,290 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 370 | $15.97 | $33,230 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 370 | Not available | $54,280 |
| Mechanical drafters | 370 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 370 | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| Respiratory therapists | 370 | $22.42 | $46,620 |
| Library technicians | 360 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 360 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 350 | $16.64 | $34,600 |
| Instructional coordinators | 350 | $25.31 | $52,650 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 350 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 340 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 340 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 340 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 340 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 340 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 340 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 340 | $38.32 | $79,700 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Construction managers | 330 | $54.35 | $113,040 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 330 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 330 | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 330 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 330 | $24.13 | $50,190 |
| Chemists | 320 | $29.03 | $60,390 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 310 | Not available | $58,820 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 310 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $16.41 | $34,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 300 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 300 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 300 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 290 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Chemical technicians | 290 | $19.66 | $40,880 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 290 | $31.67 | $65,880 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 290 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 290 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Social workers, all other | 290 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Surgical technologists | 290 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Bakers | 280 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Bindery workers | 280 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Coaches and scouts | 280 | Not available | $24,130 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 280 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Logisticians | 280 | $29.81 | $62,010 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 280 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Personal financial advisors | 280 | $41.49 | $86,310 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 280 | Not available | $54,710 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 270 | $23.63 | $49,140 |
| Editors | 270 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 270 | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 270 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 270 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 260 | $28.28 | $58,830 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 260 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| New accounts clerks | 260 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 260 | $34.31 | $71,370 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 250 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 250 | $10.17 | $21,160 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 250 | $18.64 | $38,780 |
| Marketing managers | 250 | $52.11 | $108,390 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 250 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 250 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Social and community service managers | 250 | $33.72 | $70,130 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 250 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 250 | $19.87 | $41,320 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 250 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 240 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 240 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 240 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 240 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Mental health counselors | 240 | $21.05 | $43,790 |
| Pediatricians, general | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 240 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Roofers | 240 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 240 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 230 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 230 | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 230 | $40.74 | $84,730 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 230 | $21.54 | $44,810 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 230 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Sewing machine operators | 230 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 220 | $31.78 | $66,100 |
| Funeral attendants | 220 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 220 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 220 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 210 | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 210 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Materials engineers | 210 | $35.71 | $74,280 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $61,880 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 200 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 200 | $34.62 | $72,010 |
| Engineers, all other | 200 | $34.14 | $71,010 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $56,390 |
| Family and general practitioners | 200 | $85.21 | $177,230 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 200 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 200 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $15.58 | $32,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 190 | $29.93 | $62,250 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 190 | $13.50 | $28,090 |
| Insurance underwriters | 190 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 190 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Purchasing managers | 190 | $38.14 | $79,320 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 190 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 180 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Couriers and messengers | 180 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 180 | $22.45 | $46,690 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 180 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 180 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Legislators | 180 | Not available | $70,700 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 180 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Parking lot attendants | 180 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Postal service clerks | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 180 | $35.25 | $73,310 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 180 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 180 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 170 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 170 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Floral designers | 170 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $94,650 |
| Internists, general | 170 | $90.68 | $188,620 |
| Materials scientists | 170 | $39.58 | $82,330 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 170 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Real estate sales agents | 170 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 160 | $23.83 | $49,560 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 160 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 160 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 160 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Occupational therapists | 160 | $33.17 | $69,000 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 150 | $41.42 | $86,150 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 150 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 150 | $26.80 | $55,750 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 150 | $40.54 | $84,320 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 150 | $25.46 | $52,950 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 150 | $16.55 | $34,420 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 150 | $18.36 | $38,190 |
| Travel agents | 150 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 140 | $11.86 | $24,660 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 140 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 140 | $48.60 | $101,090 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 140 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Residential advisors | 140 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Dentists, general | 130 | $87.20 | $181,380 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 130 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 130 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Photographers | 130 | $13.15 | $27,360 |
| Surgeons | 130 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Veterinarians | 130 | $40.10 | $83,400 |
| Chemical engineers | 120 | $33.48 | $69,630 |
| Crane and tower operators | 120 | $19.48 | $40,530 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 120 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 120 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Health educators | 120 | $22.09 | $45,940 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 120 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 120 | $18.77 | $39,050 |
| Surveyors | 120 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Word processors and typists | 120 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 110 | $18.74 | $38,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 110 | $19.70 | $40,970 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Meeting and convention planners | 110 | $16.66 | $34,650 |
| Millwrights | 110 | $27.97 | $58,180 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 110 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 110 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 100 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 100 | $17.69 | $36,800 |
| Food batchmakers | 100 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Funeral directors | 100 | $26.11 | $54,300 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 100 | $26.44 | $54,990 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 100 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Pest control workers | 100 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Tapers | 100 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 100 | $27.94 | $58,120 |
| Chiropractors | 90 | $48.39 | $100,640 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 90 | $36.46 | $75,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 90 | $20.24 | $42,110 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 90 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 90 | $20.90 | $43,480 |
| Massage therapists | 90 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Musicians and singers | 90 | $20.62 | Not available |
| Sales engineers | 90 | $39.16 | $81,460 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 90 | $17.59 | $36,600 |
| Technical writers | 90 | $26.57 | $55,280 |
| Writers and authors | 90 | $19.23 | $39,990 |
| Bailiffs | 80 | $20.34 | $42,300 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $62,400 |
| Cooks, all other | 80 | $10.00 | $20,790 |
| Loan counselors | 80 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 80 | $9.03 | $18,770 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 80 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Physician assistants | 80 | $36.25 | $75,400 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $15.76 | $32,790 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Reporters and correspondents | 80 | $13.26 | $27,570 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 80 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Audiologists | 70 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 70 | $12.30 | $25,570 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 70 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 70 | $35.23 | $73,290 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 70 | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 70 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Urban and regional planners | 70 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 70 | Not available | $70,050 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 60 | $40.61 | $84,470 |
| Art directors | 60 | $25.99 | $54,060 |
| Biological technicians | 60 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Budget analysts | 60 | $29.21 | $60,760 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 60 | $43.73 | $90,960 |
| Credit analysts | 60 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Law clerks | 60 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Lodging managers | 60 | $18.92 | $39,350 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 60 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 60 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 60 | $32.34 | $67,270 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 60 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Optometrists | 60 | $66.81 | $138,970 |
| Pipelayers | 60 | $17.63 | $36,660 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 60 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Public relations managers | 60 | $39.76 | $82,700 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $21.84 | $45,440 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 60 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 50 | $10.26 | $21,330 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 50 | Not available | $41,360 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Clergy | 50 | $18.92 | $39,340 |
| Desktop publishers | 50 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 50 | $20.01 | $41,620 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 50 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $14.99 | $31,190 |
| Interior designers | 50 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | $23.79 | $49,470 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 50 | $96.46 | $200,630 |
| Physical therapist aides | 50 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Podiatrists | 50 | $64.94 | $135,080 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Psychiatrists | 50 | $81.14 | $168,770 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $68,670 |
| Sheet metal workers | 50 | $23.83 | $49,560 |
| Tax preparers | 50 | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 50 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Training and development managers | 50 | $43.62 | $90,740 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 50 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 50 | $13.37 | $27,820 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 40 | $36.59 | $76,110 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 40 | $24.93 | $51,840 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 40 | $25.37 | $52,770 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 40 | $12.26 | $25,500 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 40 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Correspondence clerks | 40 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Costume attendants | 40 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Designers, all other | 40 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Dietetic technicians | 40 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Drafters, all other | 40 | $22.41 | $46,600 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 40 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $20.80 | $43,270 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 40 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 40 | $32.72 | $68,060 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 40 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 40 | $15.19 | $31,580 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 40 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 40 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 40 | $17.01 | $35,370 |
| Producers and directors | 40 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Radio and television announcers | 40 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 40 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 40 | $13.21 | $27,490 |
| Tile and marble setters | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 30 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 30 | $29.35 | $61,040 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 30 | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 30 | $17.67 | $36,760 |
| Statisticians | 30 | $38.52 | $80,130 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Bookbinders | Not available | $9.74 | $20,260 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $17.02 | $35,400 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $27.67 | $57,550 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | Not available | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | Not available | $30.30 | $63,010 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | Not available | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $26.65 | $55,440 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | Not available | $16.61 | $34,550 |
| Environmental engineers | Not available | $32.38 | $67,340 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | Not available | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Financial examiners | Not available | $44.87 | $93,330 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $17.88 | $37,190 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $20.78 | $43,210 |
| Job printers | Not available | $12.14 | $25,240 |
| Medical appliance technicians | Not available | $11.27 | $23,430 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Orthodontists | Not available | $84.84 | $176,470 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $9.27 | $19,290 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $23.83 | $49,580 |
| Real estate brokers | Not available | $32.29 | $67,160 |
| Recreational therapists | Not available | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $9.95 | $20,710 |
| Sewers, hand | Not available | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $14.51 | $30,190 |
